<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">i’ll save you some time.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">larus Foundation seems to be a shell in Hong Kong. with one employee named as the “Chair” since 1/2019. (She was previously</div><div class="">executive assistant to the CEO of Larus Cloud Service Limited, and before that at University.). There is an org chart but nobody</div><div class="">on Linkedin has said they hold any of the positions.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">(As far as I can tell, HK does not appear to be completely transparent about charitable foundations, but Larus Foundation Limited</div><div class="">is listed on the govt list as a tax exempt charitable foundation, effective 10/08/2020.)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">and then there’s</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><h1 class=" t-black t-24 t-bold
full-width" title="LARUS Limited" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); font-weight: var(--artdeco-reset-typography-font-weight-bold); --artdeco-reset-typography_getFontSize: 2.4rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight: 1.33333; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); width: 734px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); font-size: 12px;" class="">LARUS Limited</span></h1><p class="t-16 t-black org-top-card-summary__tagline" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); --artdeco-reset-typography_getFontSize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight: 1.33333; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">tagline: "The Best IP Address Solutions On The Planet” which seems to be in the same business as the plaintiff. </p><p class="t-16 t-black org-top-card-summary__tagline" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); --artdeco-reset-typography_getFontSize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight: 1.33333; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><br class=""></p><p class="t-16 t-black org-top-card-summary__tagline" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); --artdeco-reset-typography_getFontSize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight: 1.33333; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Hm, he’s the CEO since 2016 according to LinkedIn.</p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 27, 2021, at 3:38 PM, Bill Woodcock <<a href="mailto:woody@pch.net" class="">woody@pch.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="content-isolator__container"><br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Aug 27, 2021, at 10:07 PM, Bryan Fields <<a href="mailto:Bryan@bryanfields.net" class="">Bryan@bryanfields.net</a>> wrote:<br class="">I’d expect that for a court to freeze assets of AFRINIC there must be a very strong argument.<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">You know what’s funny? There are a bunch of other people copying-and-pasting that same expectation on the AfriNIC and APNIC mailing lists, and they’re all beneficiaries of something called the “Larus Foundation.” So, if you’re not getting paid to copy and paste that, you might want to look into it:<br class=""><br class=""> <a href="https://www.larus.foundation" class="">https://www.larus.foundation</a><br class=""><br class="">I hear it pays pretty well.<br class=""><br class=""> -Bill<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>